Hi, I'm 5 weeks pregnant and currently take 75mg of venlafaxine daily. This was initially prescribed for depression but I have been doing very well with that and would no longer describe myself as depressed, I just have had a lot going on in my life over the last few months (final uni exams, job & house-hunting, relocating, starting new job...) so did not feel like it was the right time to start coming off it yet. However now I am pregnant my GP has advised I try and come off it as there are some possible risks to the baby. He has prescribed me a month of 37.5mg tablets and I am going to start reducing my dosage very gradually and aiming to come off it completely within the next 2 months to avoid withdrawal side-effects. This is something I want to do, but obviously by that point I will still have been on it for my first trimester and I can't help but worry about how that could affect my baby.
So I was just hoping some of you may have been on it during pregnancy, or alternatively another SSRI/SNRI and could share some happy stories about healthy babies to allay my nerves a bit? Thank you :)